Part II of the Hillcot Barn converion in the UK. See part I below for how the project got underway
May 21, 2009
John Michael Vlach’s Barns Across America
This is A great book which offers over 400 pages of information, with almost 1,000 illustrations , photographs, plans and elevations, to illustrate the different barns, uses, history and regional influences.
“While there is much that can be learned by browsing through these assembled images, the photographs and drawings in Barns are arranged in order to convey a particular story of movement across time and space. Barns serve here as physical evidence of the key stages in American settlement history and as markers of specific pathways followed during the process of transcontinental migration. The flow of images runs from the eighteenth century to the twentieth and from the East to the West.”
http://www.loc.gov/locvideo/barns/
January 5, 2009
Barn Blue prints
Maine Barn Company offers eight standard models of New England style barns which they will provide blueprints/plans for. By using standard designs you can eliminate design time and costs as well as the time for delivery. They also offer modifications to these designs. All barns make use of traditional joinery and are . cut locally in Maine. For more info on Maine barn blue prints see our resource page.
one of eight designs from Maine Barn Company
January 4, 2009
Domestic Barns
Adaptation of traditional agricultural buildings ( or Barns) has been occuring all over the world for the last few decades. Artists were some of the first to recognize the potential for barns as a personal retreat. Once reserved for livestock and feed these structures have been transformed to spaces for domestic application.
In the early twentieth century as farmers struggled manyh properties were purchased to become vacation retreats. Following the Second world war, barn houses and their contemporary spaces soon found themselves transformed into year round residences.
The Decline fo Agriculture in Europe and North America led to many of these structures being converted . It also led to many of these structures being destroyed and neglected. In recent years Hundreds of barns have been renovated , relocated and re-erected with traditional techniques thanks to many builders , framers and those committed to preservation . Architects an builders are now paying homage to the traditional designs with a modern twist. Timeless qualities can be maintained with modern materials.
a contemporary barn design - Vermont